Mental health advocates put their energy, dedication to work locally

Housing the 'missing link' to achieve stability

11:36 PM,
Oct. 27, 2013

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It was when her son Kirk, a paranoid schizophrenic, described the effects of having the right medication for his illness. "He explained that it was like the light switch was turned on in his brain," she recalled. "It was like a rebirth. He said, 'Mom, I feel like a new person.' "

"He had not allowed us to touch him in years," she said, but that day Kirk Barnett hugged his parents. The glass wall between Bob and Faye Barnett and their eldest son had been lowered. ...